Etiket: Freedom
Academic freedom in the sights of elected Republican officials
Laws that aim to restrict or outright prevent class discussions on subjects deemed “divisive” such as racism, gender identity or certain parts of the country’s history have been introduced since…
No smoking on stage | A health passport to protect artistic freedom!
In reaction to Chantal Guy’s column, “A world without smoking”, published on November 11. Posted on November 12, 2021 at 9:00 a.m. Yves Jacques Actor Thus, the Court of Quebec…
Return of the mask to school, freedom of choice for directors, withdrawal of Thomas Sotto … The “8h30 franceinfo” by Jean-Michel Blanquer
Jean-Michel Blanquer, Minister of National Education, Youth and Sports, was the guest of “8:30 am franceinfo “, Monday November 8, 2021. Return of the mask to school, freedom of choice…
Return of the mask to school, freedom of choice for directors, withdrawal of Thomas Sotto … The “8h30 franceinfo” by Jean-Michel Blanquer
Jean-Michel Blanquer, Minister of National Education, Youth and Sports, was the guest of “8:30 am franceinfo “, Monday November 8, 2021. Return of the mask to school, freedom of choice…
Controversies at the University of Ottawa | Academic freedom must be protected, concludes Bastarache report
The report on academic freedom tabled Thursday by ex-judge Michel Bastarache recommends setting up a better complaints mechanism and opposes “institutional censorship” and “self-censorship”. The committee that looked into the…
Bastarache report on the University of Ottawa pleads for university freedom
A committee chaired by retired judge Michel Bastarache recommends a series of measures to protect academic freedom and warns against the temptation to censor “sensitive subjects” at the University of…
Vaccination of minors and individual freedom
Since we are preparing to extend vaccination to children under 12, we have also been preparing to deal with certain cases that had arisen, in a similar way, when vaccination…
European campaign celebrating ‘freedom in the hijab’ withdrawn after controversy
Immediately out, immediately withdrawn. A campaign celebrating diversity and “freedom in the hijab”, launched last week by the Council of Europe, sparked a controversy in France, leading Tuesday, November 2…
Funded by the Council of Europe | France denounces campaign celebrating “freedom in the hijab”
(Strasbourg) A campaign celebrating diversity and “freedom in the hijab”, launched last week by the Council of Europe, has sparked heated controversy in France. After a protest from the French…
Responsible freedom | The duty
Is freedom of expression absolute? Should we favor a permissive and broad approach rather than a restrictive one, lest political, legal or financial pressures end up compromising this fundamental value?…
Press freedom in Mexico and Syria at the heart of Reporters Without Borders peoples’ tribunal
This Tuesday, November 2 marks the international day for the fight against impunity for crimes committed against journalists. Since 1992, more than 2,000 have died and 9 times out of…
The film “A Revision”: freedom to dialogue
In a CEGEP in Montreal, Étienne teaches philosophy, that of Spinoza in particular. Passionate, he loves his subject as much as his students. But one day, one of them, Nacira,…
Kabul | A beauty salon last oasis of freedom for women
(Kabul) It is one of the last places in Kabul where women can meet outside their homes, a bubble of freedom and even frivolity where all daring is still allowed.…
Freedom Against Itself | The duty
Individual rights are a flagship of our liberal societies. I wouldn’t want to live in a system that tramples on them. However, certain situations cast doubt on the political viability…
Georges Brassens, a lesson in freedom
In 1952, when Georges Brassens recorded his first records, Bad reputation and Beware of the gorilla clashed head-on with the morals of the bigots of the time. So much so…
School for freedom, against obscurantism
As recently recalled by several media around the world, children’s books, in particular Tintin and Lucky Luke, were burned and then buried in Ontario, Canada, in a “flame cleansing ceremony”…
Trends: going on vacation in a van, a quest for freedom
Posted the 06/13/2021 9:27 PM Update the 06/13/2021 9:40 PM Video length: 3 min. FRANCE 3 Article written by AC.Le Sann, F. Badaire, G. Gongis – France 3 France Televisions…
the picnic, an air of rediscovered freedom
Posted the 07/23/2021 10:01 PM Update the 07/23/2021 10:02 PM Video length: 3 min. France 2 Article written by M. Gatoux, I. Delion, L. Le Moigne, X. Roman, A. Paillasse,…
Freedom of expression or hate speech? Netflix in turmoil
Netflix found itself immersed in a heated debate over freedom of expression in the United States after the airing of a show by famous comedian Dave Chappelle deemed transphobic by…